I created an optical illusion in which each dot is the same color, but the dots appear quite different in brightness and shade. Have a look: Maybe you don’t believe the dots are the same color? Some sure look darker. Others certainly look more purple. You don’t have to take my word for it. You…

There is a remarkable achievement hidden in the story of No Man’s Sky NEXT and you won’t be able to see it on any of its 18 quintillion worlds. It happened on Earth. Sean Murray, the reluctant public face of the game, has come forward after two years of near silence with some explanations and…

Spectacular! Spectacular like fireworks. Thrilling like a rollercoaster. Bombastic like, well, the 2001 film on which it is based. If you liked Baz Lurhman’s 2001 movie Moulin Rouge, you are going to love Moulin Rouge! The Musical. If you don’t, it probably won’t be your cup of tea, though I did watch the show win…

The first time I hopped in my spaceship, I flew up through the atmosphere and found a point in space where I could look down on the world from which I’d come. I wanted to see a few things. I was deeply curious. A whole universe was promised for me to explore. I didn’t know…

Audio illusions are rarer by far than optical illusions. The new, Laurel vs. Yanni illusion is maddening in its apparent impishness. I hear Laurel and couldn’t hear Yanni without some work. I’ve broke out the low end: … from the high end: Even in the latter case, I can only begin to, sort of, hear…

A few times a year, somewhere in America, someone decides it is time to trademark something absurd. By most standards this is an expensive process, and requires a lawyer who will go along with the notion the word is exclusive in some purview. It also requires a good measure of hubris and a willingness to…

This weekend I was stunned when Emma González read her deeply emotional remembrance of each life taken in the Parkland shooting. After she named each person murdered, she lifted her eyes to crowd, put her speech to the side, and stood in silence for nearly 5 minutes. The effect was devastating. In a culture accustomed…

Apple unveiled the iPhone 8s and iPhone X today with a new feature that, on the surface, looks amazing. Building on last year’s “Portrait Mode” that faked a lower depth of field than a small lens is physically capable of, this new addition is called “Portrait Lighting” which, in theory, re-lights a photo like it…

My novel, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED is out now and I’d love for you to read it. The concept of a world where everyone has to pay for every word they speak has a lot of people curious and with curiosity comes questions. I thought it might be helpful to answer a few. If you are…

Most of us wonder, at one time or another, how the world appears in other people’s eyes. Does the red I see look like the red you see? If not, how are they different? If you are not colorblind, you have probably wondered what the world looks like to those who are. You have probably…